Current Projects

Andrews is also part of a major regional collaboration project with Lea County, New Mexico, and an international uranium enrichment company, Louisiana Energy Services (LES). The construction of the LES’s National Enrichment Facility is a $1.4 billion dollar project, which will require a broad range of services and equipment. This is by far the most significant reason to invest in Andrews. At the peak of its construction phase, 2,000 workers are expected to relocate to the Andrews and Eastern New Mexico Area. NEF broke ground in August, 2006.

The proposed High-Temperature Teaching and Test Reactor (HT3R) Energy Research Facility is an important national asset that will help lead the US and world to a prosperous and energy-abundant future! As the name implies, it is a facility to train engineers and scientists to utilize these new energy technologies, plus perform research, testing and development required to fully develop and exploit potential solutions to solve the urgent shortages in energy for both our transportation and fixed-based needs.

Its proposed location will be north of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB) campus in Andrews County, Texas. This site is near the middle of our country's largest on-shore oil and gas production center called the Permian Basin.

It is a joint project of the citizens of West Texas residing in Andrews, Ector and Midland Counties, plus UTPB and General Atomics of San Diego, California. Other key collaborators in the project are the University of Texas System, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at El Paso, and Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

(WCS) has been awarded a contract by Fluor Fernald for the storage of 11.e(2) uranium processing residues. WCS is currently pursuing a license to permanently dispose of the material at its facility in Andrews County, Texas.

Composites One, LLC is a national distributor of fiberglass and advance composite material. The company plans to construct a $1.1 million, 20,000 square foot distribution warehouse in the Andrews Business Park South.

Palmer of Texas, an existing Andrews company, has recently announced that it will expand its business to include manufacturing steel tanks and creating additional product lines. The expansion will create 30 new jobs in Andrews.

Western Texas Pipe & Supply will construct a new 25,000 sq. ft. facility to house and supply oilfield equipment, more specifically oilfield pipe and connections. In addition to creating eight new jobs, this project will add approximately $175,000 in real estate assessed valuation and approximately $75,000 in personal property valuation.